Change Wood Into Gold
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Change Wood Into Gold
By Stephen Bucaro
Today, everything is a cold plastic manufactured product. In the
"old days", everything was painstakingly hand-crafted from wood.
People love the quality and warmth of hand-crafted wood
products. If you like to work with your hands, you can profit
from the demand for these products.
If you are inexperienced with woodworking, you can start by
making simple scroll saw puzzles and wood toys. You can see some
examples of the type of products you can make at
http://home.att.net/~brad247 where Brad sell's them for $4.00 to
$9.00.
You will find free downloadable patterns at the Skill Power
Tools Web site: http://www.skil.com/projects/projects.htm or you
can purchase patterns like "The Little Choo Choo" at the Wood
Toys and Joys Web site: http://www.toysandjoys.com
When you get a little more skill, you can make the kind of
products sold at the Wood Expression's Web site:
http://www.woodexpression.com For example, they sell a 19 x 21
inch oak shelf for $30.00. The Wooden Wood Art Web site:
http://www.woodlandmanufacturing.com sells beautiful wood letter
signs for $4.00 to $5.00. They also sell custom personalized
signs. Check out: http://familysigns.com where they sell cute
crafty personalized wood signs for $10.00 and up.
When you advance to larger, higher quality work you might make
products like those offered by The Woodcrafting Co. at
http://www.thewoodcraftingco.com where they sell hardwood TV
trays and display cases for $700.00 and more.
You will find hundreds of woodworking project plans at the
WoodcraftPlans.com web site: http://www.scrollsaw.com for $10.00
and up. A good source for quality hardwoods, woodworking
materials, power and hand tools, is Woodworkers Source
http://www.woodworkerssource.net which has stores in Tucson and
Phoenix, Arizona.
Tips for a wood craft products Web site:
- On your Web site, highlight the fact that you can make custom
and personalized wood craft products. Customization is what puts
your work a step above manufactured products, and allows you to
charge a premium price.
- You can generate extra profits by selling kits, patterns and
instructions that let your fellow woodworkers copy your wood
craft products. You will be surprised how many people who bought
a pattern will return later to purchase a finished poduct.
- It is very important to display good pictures of your products
on your web site, but one problem I frequently find at wood
craft product sites is a total disregard for Web page load
times. Most people access the web over a 56K dial-up connection.
The size of a Web page, including all the images displayed on
the page, should be less than 200 KBytes.
People yearn for the quality and warmth of hand-crafted wood
products. Don't limit your sales to your Web site. Hand-crafted
wood products are one of the premier items sold at Web auction
sites, craft fairs and craft malls. If you like to work with
your hands, you can turn wood into gold!
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